There may be more aggressively ugly uniforms out there, but it’s almost like the Stars didn’t even try. Numbers on the front of hockey jerseys are never a good idea.

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29. Tampa Bay Lightning

A straight-up ripoff of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ classic look, or a bizarre antichromatic homage to The Flash. The lightning bolt on the pants looks like a sewing machine accident.

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28. Ottawa Senators

The red on the centurion’s helmet gets lost in the front of the jersey, and the black and white patches look like a construction paper collage. It’s a busy mess.

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27. Buffalo Sabres

The white lines stitched into the sides are distracting, and the number looks more like an oversized memorial patch than an identifier. They took a classic and ruined it.

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26. Florida Panthers

The Panthers have a great logo, but its intricate design requires a basic jersey, so it can stand out. Remove the professorial elbow design and it might be good.

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25. Anaheim Ducks

Formerly clad in delightfully garish green and purple, when the Ducks decided to tone down their look, they went too far, to a dull look with a splash of color seemingly at random.

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24. San Jose Sharks

They just couldn’t leave well enough alone. The addition of yellow-orange trim doesn’t look good at all, the number on the front is a waste of time and one of hockey’s best logos popped out a lot more when the shark was entirely black.

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23. Colorado Avalanche

The blue side panels are unnecessary and a silly alteration from the Avs’ initial look, which gave the feel of a mountain range. Now they look like West Ham United’s hockey affiliate.

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22. Columbus Blue Jackets

The colors are good, but the design is drab. You’d half expect to see the Blue Jackets as B-roll in a commercial for a beer that doesn’t have official rights to NHL footage.

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21. Calgary Flames

Much like the Flames’ roster, their jersey is built around a legend–the flaming “C”/Jarome Iginla–and cluttered with a ton of ill-fitting pieces. What is the Alberta flag doing on there?

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20. Vancouver Canucks

So close, yet so far. Why does it say “VANCOUVER” across the chest? Does anyone like that orca? Just take the alternate–with the Canucks’ original hockey stick logo instead of that mess–and make it the standard home strip.

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19. St. Louis Blues

The white accents are thoroughly unnecessary, as is the extra shade of dark blue. They’re supposed to complement the logo and nameplate, but it doesn’t work. A strong basic design done in by clutter.

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18. Winnipeg Jets

Yes, the Jets’ logo is evocative of the Canadian Air Force, but it still looks like the Sharks’ logo and the Maple Leafs’ logo engaged in hanky panky. If you can get past that, it’s a crisp look–far better than the away jersey, where the sleeve stripes are ridiculous.

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17. Phoenix Coyotes

Mixing traditional design with a unique color should be a good formula, but it’s a little too plain. Whether or not it’s a step up from the psychedelic coyote of the team’s early years is open for debate.

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16. Pittsburgh Penguins

There’s a reason that so many Penguins fans go to their home games wearing alternate or throwback jerseys. Pittsburgh should go from the old gold back to a crisp yellow, as the other teams in town have.

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15. Los Angeles Kings

The silver is subtle in the favored jersey of colorblind folks everywhere. The days of purple and gold were better, but this is an improvement on the purple-and-black combo.

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14. New York Islanders

The logo is a lot to deal with, but the edges of the circle keep it popping. The return to royal blue after years of navy–which started with the “Fishsticks” jersey–was a smart choice.

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13. Minnesota Wild

Great idea for an expansion team to go with an underutilized color combination of red and green, and Minnesota does it without looking like Christmas on ice. But why is the third color cream instead of white?

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12. Toronto Maple Leafs

It seems as though, during the many tweaks to the uniform over the years, they forgot about the pattern of the sock stripes, which clash with the jersey. Still a classic overall.

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11. Washington Capitals

On any other team, the oddly placed bits of white and blue on the red jersey would be cause for alarm, but with Washington, it’s evocative of the American flag and comes together well.

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10. Edmonton Oilers

Bringing back the bright blue and orange of the Oilers’ glory days wasn’t just a good idea for the spirit of Edmonton, it’s much more distinguishable than the dull navy-and-bronze scheme that has gone from the main home uniform to an alternate.

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9. Carolina Hurricanes

The black accents and hurricane flag pattern distinguish the Hurricanes’ uniform from the Red Wings', providing a total package that is dignified but speaks to Carolina being a non-traditional market.

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8. Chicago Blackhawks

A classic, to be sure, but the Indian doesn’t fit well in 2012. The Blackhawks would look great if they made their shoulder patch the main logo. The stripes are perfectly set.

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7. New Jersey Devils

Great logo and a distinctive font with a clean overall look to the uniform. Like the Devils over the years, it doesn’t wow you, but it gets the job done strongly.

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6. Detroit Red Wings

Same-color jerseys and pants are difficult to make work–the Red Wings do, thanks to skillfull placement of white. Their road uniforms are better, but bonus points for the back-of-jersey font.

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5. Nashville Predators

The white arch is nonsensical, but at its heart, the Predators’ uniform says “We’re a recent expansion team with our own identity.” You see it, and you know what you’re looking at. Nobody sees the piano pattern stitched into the inside collar, but that’s pretty cool, too.

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4. Boston Bruins

There have been tweaks over the years, but at its heart, the Bruins’ look remains a classic, centered around the iconic spoked “B” and a crisp contrast between black and yellow.

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3. New York Rangers

Often imitated, never duplicated, the diagonal “RANGERS” down the front just feels like hockey. Probably the best use of a drop-shadow on any jersey in professional sports.

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2. Philadelphia Flyers

You either love the contrast of the nameplates on the back, or you hate them–much like the Flyers themselves. The logo has become iconic, as has orange as a color for Philadelphia hockey.

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1. Montreal Canadiens

Basic, but intricate. Colorful, but traditional. Le “CH.” There is nothing about the Habs’ uniform that isn’t perfect.